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Hamilton Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity (often referred to as the Bermuda Cathedral) is an Anglican (the state church, the Church of England; which in Bermuda was renamed the Anglican Church of Bermuda in 1978, an Extra-provincial Anglican churches, extra-provincial diocese under the Archbishop of Canterbury) cathedral located on Church Street in the Hamilton, Bermuda, City of Hamilton, in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, Pembroke Parish, in the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. The original ''Trinity Church'' was designed in the Early English style by James Cranston of Oxford in 1844 and was completed in 1869. Named ''Trinity Church'', it was designated a chapel of ease for the then-Bishop of Newfoundland, Bishop of Newfoundland and Bermuda, whose Cathedral (the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (St. John's), Cathedral of St. John the Baptist), was at St. John's, Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland). In Bermuda, ''St. John's Church'' was already the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral In Hamilton, Bermuda
A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
